George’s childhood was not necessarily a miserable one.Of course, his parents were poor, they didn’t have much but one thing that he never lacked was the love of his parents, and something else.He never lacked the love of a true friend.Throughout his childhood through his teenage years, he had a friend that was dearest to him, his best friend, John Lenox.Like George, John was 22 this year and their birthday was August 7th.Their parents lived beside each other but they never knew until both women were in the labor room. Their parents became acquainted in the hospital.They were both given birth to on the same day, at the same hospital.If it was possible for men to be soul mates, George was convinced that John was his soul mate. They were that close.From birth, they became best friends.They learned to eat together, they learned to crawl together, to walk, to run, to play, to play football, to even fighting thugs who tried to bully them, they literally did everything in this worl
HUUU…!Letting out a loud sound, the night train moved through its rail.It was already past 9 before he left this city.From the inside of the moving train, sitting close to the window, George looked and admired the incredible night view of this city.Oriental City was truly an amazing sight to behold, being one of the biggest cities in the United States of Nuspearia.As the train moved, he could not help but think.‘I already did what I can’.‘I was never the brain type; I had no choice but to seek help’.He sighed. ‘The next step depends on what John decides’. He looked ahead as the train accelerated, and though he was not sure of the result, he managed to hypnotize himself to stay smiling and optimistic.Putting his hand on his pocket, he clenched the visafone.Clenching it gave him reassurance and peace of mind.This was his ticket to fulfilling his dreams.…Watching the train leave, John saw himself petrified in place as he sank into a whirlpool of emotions and nostalgic memori
-----[Welcome back to the Beast Capturing System!][Introduction: This is a system where you can capture real life beasts using the visafone’s camera and exchange them with the interface for real money. If you perform admirably, you have a chance of upgrading the system in the future.][Current System Level: 2][Level 2 privileges unlocked!]*The definition of beasts that can be captured for the Beast Capturing System have been redefined in line with your personality and life views.*Picture frame; the realm of beast taming.>The realm of beast taming is a special realm of achievement that very few pictographers in the world have been able to attain. With this picture framing ability, you can use the system to bring your masterpieces to life in framed forms for display to an audience<*The reward system of the system has been upgraded from NUS Credits to System Coins. You can easily convert system coins to any currency that you want.[NOTE: 1 System Coin = 1 NUS Credits]*System perk
“Boy, you can’t stay lying there forever”.“You’ll miss your classes”. The concerned security man advised.He saw what transpired but he dared not intervene.After all, the one who did it was Victor, the only son of the Vice Chancelor.Though no one really said it, because of multiple cases of workers mysteriously losing their jobs in the university after clashing with Victor, it was an unspoken rule not to mess with the son of the Vice Chancelor.This was why this security man wisely decided not to intervene.“Boy, are you ok?”John heard it but he could not reply.At that moment, John was still alive but he was dead.Only his body remained living, after suffering such humiliation, his mind and spirit already died and left this world.Only a husk was left behind.On the ground, feeling the cold hard embrace of the ground, like this was not bad enough, that moment kept on replaying in his head.It was like life wanted to hit him again and again right where it hurt the most.‘I want to
For the first time in his life, John became wild.Wild felt so free, so unbridled, it reminded him of childhood.It reminded him of the good old days when he thought of nothing, only concerned with following the big broad shadow cast by the back of his best friend, striving to keep up with him.John missed those times when life was so simple and uncomplicated but he held them back in before, not anymore.Now, as a free man, he no longer needed to hold it in.“Are you ok?” The concerned security guard asked.John turned to look at this security guard and the look on his face scared this middle-aged man. ‘Is he ok?’ He thought.John grinned at him. “I’ve never felt better”.Grabbing his school bag, John swaggered out of the academy.As he left, he could hear the drums of liberation di di di dum dum ringing in his head, reminding him of the iconic anime, Gear 5 Luffy.‘F*ck lectures!’‘F*ck school!’‘F*ck conforming to the system of society!’He didn’t care anymore; he was pursuing his d
“A system? What’s that?” John’s initial reaction was confusion.Then George brought out the visafone.If George fully trusted one person in this world, it would be his best friend. The only reason why he didn’t tell John about it back in Oriental City was because of his fears about the dangers of the system.George may not be the most intelligent, but he had street smarts.Common sense told him that something like the visafone would not be completely unknown in the world. If it existed, then people knew about it.Not everybody, but he was sure that some people knew about it.And not random people either, if anybody knew about his system, he was pretty sure that they were the powerful men of society.His grandfather decided that he was the next in line to inherit the system as the eldest and only child of his daughter, but who knew if the Dickerson family had other people that were eligible to inherit the system?What if other people outside his family knew about the system and were ac
***[You have received system mission: Capture a HD quality picture of the beast in human form; Count Luke cheating on his wife!][Click for mission details!][Mission Reward: 850,000 System Coins and +350 favorability with the wife of the Count!]***Click!Pushing the door open, 2 men dressed in identical green clothes stepped out of the 1-bedroom apartment.Thud! Thud!One of them held a briefcase and with a swagger on their steps, they marched out of the street into the main junction that led to 3 other roads.Crack Town was a sizeable town divided into 4 districts; the Police Station district, the University district, the Factory district, and the Main district.The main junction was the center of Crack Town.From the main junction, towards the East was the University district, towards the West was the Factory district, while towards the North was the Police Station district. The Main district was just after the Police Station district, in the same road.The Main district was the
“I’m Margaret, Margaret Luke”.“Release them”.Silence.It was just a few words but to the officer in charge of the policemen, it felt like a death sentence.This policeman froze for a few seconds, then hearing her breath, he shuddered as he finally reacted and answered. “Yes, ma’am”.“Good, secure the location, I’ll be there in a few minutes”.This policeman’s eyes widened but he dared not say anything contrary.“Yes, ma’am”. He just answered.And the countdown started.…Count Luke’s mansion…“Baby, what do you mean by I need to leave?”Smack!The Count unleashed a ruthless back-handed slap across her face as her left cheek instantly became as red as a red tomato.She landed on the ground with a thud due to the force of the slap.“…!” The girl froze in shock as she stared at him in disbelief on the floor.It was after he unleashed the slap that he realized what he just did.“S-sorry…,” He stammered but even that came out of his mouth unnaturally as he paced around the living room li